29 September 2026
Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
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Fifth album of poppy electro house from Elliot John Gleave, produced in part with Grammy-winning producer Stuart Price
5.3
Anthems abound: All the Wrong Places is a frenzied rave soundtrack, Kids Again is an arms-aloft scarf-waver Read Review
He dips deeply into the well of 90s electro and extracts some gems Read Review
Not quite your average mega-bantz lad-rapper, then – file him somewhere between raging-bull Plan B and a more thoughtful Professor Green Read Review
This is a defiantly upbeat return and he’s even brave enough to step up with an LP voiced entirely by himself. Print edition only
A selection that crams every possible hand-in-the-air dance genre into its drop-heavy synth-fuelled mix. Print edition only
Lyrically it's not ground-breaking, but the production is bone-shattering and Gleave's delivery is driven and inspirational Read Review
Everything is designed for maximum rave uplift, displaying not so much light and dark, as light, more light and Day-Glo Read Review
Pays homage to 90s dance culture without bringing anything very interesting to the party Read Review
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Julia Jacklin The Gem
The Melbourne indie rocker explores autonomy and love from an omnipotent perspective Paste Magazine
Protomartyr Hotel Usona
It is undoubtedly the most mature collection of songs the band released yet and that excitement that appears every time they announce a new LP paid off once more Sputnik Music (staff)
Miley Cyrus Bass Persuades
After a daring and impressive ninth album, Miley Cyrus rebrands by going back to basics with a boring, cliched release that’s often unpleasant to listen to Spectrum Culture
With more confidence, sparseness and sharpness, Julia Jacklin’s The Gem features some of her most direct and affecting songs yet Spectrum Culture
Jungle Sunshine
While Sunshine successfully bottles a cohesive mood, the album’s primary limitation across these 11 tracks is its reluctance to depart from an established formula Spectrum Culture
Orville Peck Mule
A punchy collection of country songs overflowing with morose stories, emotional growth and electric music Spectrum Culture
Some of his most insightful storytelling and his boldest vision of country music yet. Print edition only Uncut
Narratively, it's among Peck's strongest work. Musically, however, it just doesn't quite click Exclaim
Fourth album from the masked country singer is a searingly honest, sometimes wryly humorous account of the breakdown he experienced in 2023 musicOMH
The country singer’s fourth album follows one of the most harrowing years of his life, revealing the man behind the mask for his most soul-baring, personal music yet Paste Magazine
The South African-born country singer’s latest album is a hell-and-back tale of addiction and redemption. But where other artists might opt for austerity, Peck goes all in on his usual pomp Pitchfork
His most powerful and thoughtful album to date All Music
Bloc Party Anatomy Of A Brief Romance
Kele Okereke is less interested in letting us in than he is in just airing things out, and the experience is about as pleasant as that sounds Spectrum Culture
Carly Rae Jepsen Day & Night
If the words ‘double album’ fill your mind with images of prog synth lords and dread, fear not: Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album is a beautiful banquet stacked with treats that cater for many tastes God Is In The TV
Leon Bridges Happiness Anytime
All the ingredients are here musically, in the writing, playing, singing and production, but in feeling, it’s an album of soul music in name only. An album which feels like it has no heart, and, worst of all, has no soul, either Far Out
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways